JoChapman

Jo is a Partner in the Child Brain Injury team acting exclusively for children who have suffered serious brain injuries as a result of negligence, including clinical negligence.

Jo’s specialist expertise in child brain injuries has developed over the last 20 years. She is highly experienced in dealing with severe and complex claims involving birth related brain injuries, cerebral palsy and stroke, including children who are in a minimally conscious state or whose level of cognition is uncertain.

Jo is an IPSEA-qualified special educational needs advisor having completed training with Independent Parental Special Educational Needs Advice (IPSEA).

She has been described as “an outstanding and tenacious personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner” and is recommended by the Legal 500. The latest edition of the Legal 500 notes that Jo “has an excellent understanding of relevant issues”. She has an acute eye for detail, tactical nous and manages to be both professionally reassuring and sympathetic towards clients. She advocates a client-centred, team-based approach to managing the claim.

Reported cases

Soliman -v- Islington Borough Council

Professional memberships

Law Society Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Panels Accredited

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)

Royal Society of Medicine (Associate)

Headway

Spinal Injuries Association

Child Brain Injury Trust

UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum

"Thank you for your help and support over the last 3 years. Karen and Jo and Eve all worked hard to achieve a final settlement. I really appreciate all the hard work to finally get there. Thanks once again to all at Bolt Burdon Kemp."

HazelRabin

"Dear Jo, Thankyou for everything you did for me, your expertise and compassion in my difficult case. B.B.K are a team of highly understanding caring professional team of solicitors. Thanks again to Jo and her team."

DennisParkinson

"Jo could not have been a better representative for BBK. We were successful but regardless of the outcome, I felt that Jo had put in a good fight for us. Professional in approach, clear and concise in explaining the process for a layman such as myself to understand. All done with great understanding, warmth and empathy."

DanNguyen

"Thank you so very much for all you and your excellent team have done...We will never forget what you have done for us. Thank you again."

NicoleGebhardt

"You've been absolutely brilliant! The outcome is the best we could have hoped for. Although no amount of money can compensate Danny for what he has lost, what it does do is secure his future, which in turn takes a great weight off my shoulders, and gives me peace of mind. You don't know how much that means to me. No amount of words can express our gratitude to you for all that you have done. We'll never forget you. God bless you."

SheilaKiff

"I have for more than a year enjoyed the privilege of working alongside Jo Chapman in a difficult fatal accident case in which we separately represented the infant and adult claimants. That we achieved such a great settlement at round table conference on 6 March 2012 is down to her remarkable understanding of the strength of good evidence and her skills of persuasion."

Grant

"Throughout the case, the whole team has been very kind, supportive and sympathetic and the professionalism that you all have shown towards us has given me the strength to carry on. Since the case was handed over to Jo Chapman, she has shown great professionalism and worked tirelessly to bring this case to a successful conclusion. When the first offer was made by the Trust, Jo was not satisfied and found another 'gear', strength and courage to continue fighting for my wife and what she believed she deserved. There are no words that can be used to thank Jo for the tremendous work she has done. She deserves 'five stars'."

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